Trump tells D-Day veterans they're among greatest Americans

On a bluff overlooking Omaha Beach, President Donald Trump on Thursday lauded the heroism of American and Allied service members who participated in the D-Day invasion, saying they "they came wave after wave without question, without hesitation and without complaint."
World leaders dwelled on the alliances that were needed to pull off a feat like D-Day. Trump also praised allies for their past work, saying "the full violence of Nazi fury was no match for the full grandeur of British pride."
He also credited the Canadians and the French, along with "the fighting Poles, the tough Norwegians, and the intrepid Aussies." Under blue skies far quieter than those streaked by gunfire exactly 75 years ago, Trump described the 130,000 service members who took part in the D-Day land from boat as the "citizens of free and independent nations, united by their duty to their compatriots and to millions yet unborn."

"It's a lot of courage, and a lot of heartbreak, but an incredible victory," Trump said. In his speech, the president said Americans of all stripes are drawn to the shores of Normandy "as though it were a part of our very soul." Many of the men who lost their lives here "ran through the fires of hell, moved by a force no weapon could destroy the fierce patriotism of a free, proud and sovereign people."